This Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner didactic course focuses on the assessment, differential diagnosis and management of complex critically ill adults who are physiologically unstable, technologically dependent, and/or are highly vulnerable to complications. Particular attention is given to providing evidence based, comprehensive, individualized, and collaborative care that takes into consideration health quality, costs, and outcomes for the acute and critically ill adult/geriatric patient and their family. This course prepares the student to assess and diagnose episodic and chronic highly acute and critical illnesses, interpret diagnostic tests, and use technologic and therapeutic interventions through admission, transition, and discharge. Trauma, end-of-life care, leadership, critique of the AG- ACNP role and clinical scholarship/inquiry are addressed in this course.